‘Mrs. Davis’ Star Betty Gilpin Welcomed the Show’s Tonal Shifts: ‘I Find That Much More True to Life’ | How She Did It Presented by Peacock
thewrap.com“Mrs. Davis,” she says she finds the show’s ability to vacillate between comedy, drama, sci-fi and even absurdity much more true to life than the confines of a single genre box.“The show cycles through genres every two pages,” Gilpin says in the latest episode of TheWrap’s “How She Did It,” presented by Peacock. “I find that much more true to life than when a show is one tone, one color.
Throughout a given day, how many different genres do you cycle through in your life? Things can feel like slapstick farce, and then you get a phone call and you’re in a heightened drama.
That’s much more true to life. It’s 10 different worlds and 30 different storylines and 11 different thesis statements braided together.”Boiling the plot of “Mrs.
Davis” into a simple logline isn’t all that easy, but the show begins as the story of a nun (played by Davis) who has a vendetta against an all-powerful A.I.
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